Lubao, Pampanga


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It is noted for rice, sugar cane, fish, and sampaguita.

Etymology

The town's name derives from the indigenous term lubo which means low or sunken, reflective of the area's muddy and flooded characteristics. Lubao is also known by its Pampangan-language equivalent Baba.

Geography

Located in the south-western part of Pampanga, Lubao is bounded by the municipalities of Guagua on the north, Sasmuan on the east, Floridablanca on the west and Hermosa, Bataan, on the south.

Barangays

Lubao is politically subdivided into 44 barangays.
Cluster 1:
Cluster 2:
Cluster 3:
Cluster 4:
Cluster 5:
Cluster 6:
Cluster 7:

Demographics

In the, the population of Lubao, Pampanga, was people, with a density of.

Religion

As the first Augustinian missionary center in Central and Northern Luzon, majority of the residents in Lubao are Roman Catholics.
Lubao at present has six parishes :
There are adherents of Iglesia ni Cristo wherein a chapel in Barangay Baruya was dedicated to God on November 26, 2011, with Pastoral Visitation of the present Executive Minister of the Iglesia ni Cristo Brother Eduardo V. Manalo.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has also significant numbers of member in the town, last August 17, 2012 they celebrated their 25th Year anniversary of the Opening of the Missionary work in the said town with Cong. Juan Miguel Macapagal Arroyo as the special guest. The chapel is located at Santa Cruz, Lubao, Pampanga with 600 Members.
The Seventh-day Adventist Church that has 1,100 members is also a remarkable distinct denomination for giving community services and free livelihood seminar to the town all the year round.

Festivals

Sampaguita Festival

The Parish of Saint Augustine celebrated its 440th Founding Anniversary on May 5, 2012 with the launching of the 1st Sampaguita Festival; participated by the six parishes of Lubao. Parish of St. Augustine de Hippo bagged the Over-All Champion trophy.
2nd Sampaguita Festival was held on May 5, 2013 participated by the 10 secondary public schools of Lubao. San Vicente National High School emerged as the Over-All Champion of the festival.
The 3rd Sampaguita Festival was celebrated on May 4, 2014 and participated by the 7 clustered barangays of Lubao. Cluster 6 was the Over-All Champion of the festival.
The 4th Sampaguita Festival was celebrated on May 4–5, 2015 and participated by the 7 clustered barangays of Lubao. Cluster 6 emerged again as the Over-All Champion of the festival. Festival King and Queen Pageant and Cong Dadong Awards were launched on the 5th day of May.
For the 5th edition of Sampaguita Festival, Cluster 6 was declared as the Over-All Champion for 3 consecutive years. The Streetdancing, Float Parade and Free Interpretation were held on May 4, 2016 and the Cong Dadong Awards and the Festival King and Queen were held on May 5, 2016.
The 6th Sampaguita Festival was held on May 1–5, 2017 with the theme "Lubao, Maslag ka king Bayung Leguan, Gelingan at Kasalpantayanan" featuring the 7 faces of Lubao. For 4th consecutive year, Cluster 6 Malagu emerged as the Over-all Champion of the 6th Edition of Sampaguita Festival.
7th Sampaguita Festival with a theme "Nurturing our Culture for a Better Future" was held on May 3–5, 2018. Cluster 4 emerged as the Over-All Champion of the festival.

Philippine International Balloon Festival

The 1st ever Philippine International Balloon Festival was held on April 10–13, 2014 in Barangay Prado Siongco, Lubao, Pampanga. It was organized by Pilipinas International Balloon Festival, Inc. in cooperation with the Arts, Culture and Tourism Office of Pampanga with the theme "It's More Than Just Hot Air"

Lubao International Balloon Festival

The 2nd Lubao International Balloon Festival was held on March 26 to 29, 2015 in Pradera Verde, Prado Siongco, Lubao, Pampanga. It was organized by Forthinker Inc. Philippines. It was touted as the biggest annual hot air balloon festival in Southeast Asia that featured more than forty colorful hot air balloons from different countries all over the world, fourteen of which are special shaped balloons like Darth Vader, Yoda, Humpty Dumpty and Frog.
The 3rd edition of Lubao International Balloon Festival was held on April 14–17, 2016 in Pradera Verde, Prado Siongco, Lubao, Pampanga.

Lubao International Balloon and Music Festival

April 6 to 9 2017 Lubao International Balloon and Music Festival.
For the 4th year in a row, 35 balloons showered the skies of Lubao, Pampanga with their magnificent design and beautiful colors while wonderful music from international artists and local artists graced the event.

Local government

The municipal government is divided into three branches: executive, legislative and judiciary. The executive branch is composed of the mayor and the barangay captains. The legislative branch is composed of the Sangguniang Bayan, Sangguniang Barangay, and the Sangguniang Kabataan for the youth sector.
NameYears in office
Mylyn P. Cayabyab2010-2019
Dennis G. Pineda2001-2010
Lilia Pineda1992-2001
Conrado Jimenez1986-1992
Anastacio Bernal1980-1986
Salvador Dimson1968-1980
Josefo Lingad1965-1968
Anastacio Bernal1964-1965
Emiliano Malit1961-1963
Dominador Danan1952-1960
Eloy Baluyut1945-1951
Roman Kabiling1938-1944
Angel Morales1934-1938
Alejandro Barin1931-1934
Angel Morales1928-1931
Quintero Aranita1925-1928
Angel Morales1923-1925
Julian Vitug1919-1923
Juan Rivera1913-1919
Esteban Vitug1910-1913
Quintin Romero1907-1910
Urbano Beltran1905-1907
Eugenio Fernandez1901-1905
Luciano Vitug Dimatulac1898-1900

Landmarks and notable heritage structures

Lubao Institute

The Lubao Institute is in front of the Diosdado Macapagal Museum and Library which is at the back of his Bahay Kubo birthplace. Some meters from these 2 landmarks is the San Nicolas Lubao residence of Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo. Lubao Institute or LI is the first and oldest private school in Lubao established in 1929.

Escolastica Romero District Hospital

The Escolastica Romero District Hospital located in San Nicolas 1st, Lubao and St. Joseph Hospital of Remedios located in Barangay Remedios, Lubao are the prime health institutions of the town.

San Agustin Church

The parish church of San Agustin celebrated its 440th Founding Anniversary last May 5, 2012 with the launching of the 1st Sampaguita Festival; participated by the six parishes of Lubao. And the reception of the relics of St. Augustine & St. Monica. The church was declared by the National Historical Commission as Important Cultural Property last August 28, 2013.

Other notable landmarks

Baybay Ilog is a project of Department of Tourism and Congresswoman Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
In the Baybay Ilog, Bye-bye Basura project, officials and volunteers gathered at the Banqueruan Port in San Nicolas 1st, Lubao where the clean-up drive started. After a brief program, the whole contingent coursed the river, checked the preparation of the communities and conducted the river clean-up. The Lubao-Sasmuan River was one of the ecosystems heavily affected when Mount Pinatubo erupted 20 years ago. With this project coinciding with the anniversary of the said volcanic eruption and our country's independence day celebration, the people from Lubao and Sasmuan are looking at it as a liberation from the dreaded effects of the said natural disaster which, through tourism, will pave the way for the rise to progress of the said communities. Once again, the river is resuming its role, as a driving factor for the growth of a civilization.
The symbolic river clean-up dubbed as “Baybay-Ilog, Bye-bye Basura”, is the first step in preparing the people in 17 identified Barangays that will benefit from the Pampanga bayou river cruise project spearheaded by the local government units of Sasmuan and Lubao in cooperation with the Provincial government of Pampanga and the second district congressional office of Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. River Clean-up held last June 12, 2011. This event mobilized more than 700 volunteers from Sasmuan and Lubao for ground and boat contingents. With the support of the Local Government Units of Sasmuan and Lubao, Community Volunteers and Social Preparation Group of Pampanga Bayou Development Project, this was really an astounding success.
700 volunteers from 13 coastal barangays boarded participating boats at the Banqueruan banca port at the town of San Nicolas, Lubao to participate in the symbolic river cleanup shortly after the sun rose on an otherwise lazy Sunday morning. Armed with cleaning tools, the residents carefully rid the river of wastes in preparation for the formal launch of the town's newest tourist attraction – the Pampanga river bayou cruise. Prior to the river cleanup, Christian Narito, project leader of the social preparation phase of the Pampanga Wetlands Development Project, said the identified 17 barangay communities located along the cruise route had earlier been educated about the benefits tourism could bring into the communities. “People within and around the area participated in determining how will they react or be affected by any major development planned within their area of residence. We helped them identify their strengths and how they could contribute to the river cruise project,” Narito said.

Education

The private and public sectors jointly provide quality education to Lubao residents.

Private Schools